Luggage identification system and apparatus

A method of utilizing an electronic baggage identifying device comprising the steps of:

• providing a housing having a display,
• providing a communications port connected to the housing,
• providing a processor connected to the housing and in communication with the display and communications port;
• wherein said housing has a connected configuration whereby the housing is securedly connected to an article of luggage;
• and wherein the device has a destination ticket mode displaying electronically a replacement for a luggage sticker, whereby at least some destination indicia related to a destination airport and an accompanying traveler is displayed on the display as an electronic luggage sticker in a format generated on behalf of a transportation provider and sent remotely to an accompanying traveler and as assigned with a ticket purchase for the traveler specifically to accompany the article of luggage for assisting in identifying the article of luggage to be associated with the accompanying traveler and the destination of the article of luggage in the destination ticket mode, said traveler loading the at least some destination indicia into the device remotely, and with the device connected to the article of luggage prior to checking in with the transportation provider and remotely loaded relative to the transportation provider with the at least some destination indicia in the destination ticket mode displayed in the format provided prior to the device being provided to the transportation provider pre-checked in with the housing in the connected configuration.